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Tag: The Hobbit

Reading to my kids

I've been reading the Birchbark House series to my kids, before bedtime. I read the series myself a year ago but reading it to them I've experienced these stories through their eyes, and they have been enthralled. We've read to my son practically since he was born and he's always loved it. Even now at … Continue reading Reading to my kids →

Kevin Rosero Birchbark House, Little House, Mark Twain, Tolkien 2 Comments February 2, 2022February 17, 2022 2 Minutes

The Eyelids of Job’s Daughter

I've been thinking a lot about eyelids. In the Book of Job, the King James Bible gives us a memorable phrase, "the eyelids of the morning" (41:18). Both Job and God speak this phrase, which is translated by Robert Alter as "eyelids of dawn." A few days ago I came to the very end of … Continue reading The Eyelids of Job’s Daughter →

Kevin Rosero Bible, Book of Job, Tolkien 2 Comments January 16, 2022February 23, 2022 2 Minutes

The Fellowship of the Ring

"The Fellowship of the Ring" came out in theaters twenty years ago, almost to the day. Below is an essay that I wrote in the days after I saw it -- an essay that, besides being a bit of a time portal, covers a ton of subjects about books, movies, history, religion, dead white males, … Continue reading The Fellowship of the Ring →

Kevin Rosero Texts Connected 7 Comments December 17, 2021June 28, 2022 22 Minutes

Gilgamesh, Smaug and Krishna

In a previous post I shared what it was like to read David Ferry's version of the Epic of Gilgamesh twenty years ago. I've just read Stephen Mitchell's version, from 2004. Both versions render the Epic as English free verse. They're similar in that sense: they're English poems that read like complete stories, meaning they … Continue reading Gilgamesh, Smaug and Krishna →

Kevin Rosero Texts Connected 2 Comments December 2, 2021February 23, 2022 5 Minutes

Hero, meet your villain; or, never mind

It's a common trope in fiction: a final confrontation between the central hero of a story and its central villain. It's an important trope in Westerns, both on the page and screen -- Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" is just one famous example. And we see it in works of fiction that are too many to count: … Continue reading Hero, meet your villain; or, never mind →

Kevin Rosero Texts Connected Leave a comment July 30, 2021January 25, 2022 4 Minutes
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